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peech. He said that there was so near an approximation of Whig to Tory, and of Reformer to Whig, and of Ra iical to Reformer, that it was impossible to draw the line between them ; but he wished to stand in no equivocal po sition in the scale. He avowed himself a decided Radical, not because Radicalism was revolutionary, but because it was the best guarantee of liberty, and for the security of every institution that was worth preserving. Mr. Hindley proceeded to allude to some of the measures of last Session. The reduction of the duty on Newspapers would give a popular and a more independent and more useful character to the Press. The Marriage Bill he characterized as an insult to the Dissenters. The Church Bill he denounced as grossly unjust, inasmuch as the enormous allowances to the Bishops prejudged a question which ought not to have been touched till justice was done to the Dissenters. He then alluded to the refusal of justice to Ireland, and the enor mous expenses to Great Britain in consequence of that re fusal ; but he took higher ground than mere expenditure—. the Irish were our brothers, and we should contend for their liberties as our own, for there ought to be no greater difference between England and Ireland than between York shire and Lancashire. Mr. Hindley concluded by proposing the health of their excellent Chairman, which was drunk with enthusiasm. Several other toasts, embodying important principles, were subsequently given, and the meeting broke up about one o'clock. HALIFAX CONSERVATIVE DINNER. On Mondayevening the Conservative Association of this opulent, active, and improving borough entertained their able representative, the Hon. James Stuart Wort ley, in the Assembly-rooms of the teem, according to the usual annual custom. 450 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The chair was filled by Mr. W. NORRIS. In the imme diate neighbourhood of the Chairman were, besides the guest, Lords Wharncliffe and Sandon, Mr. T. Lees, M.P. (Oldham) ; Mr. J. Entwisle, M.P. (Rochdale) ; Hon. J. S. Wortley, Hon. C. S. Wortley, Hon. W. S. Lascelles , Sir G. Ibbotson, M essrs . J. Rawson, T. E. Dyson, J. E. Norris, J. Waterhouse, J. E. Dyson, Colonel Ramsden, Messrs. J. L. Fernandes (Wakefield), H. Hall (Leeds), J. Roby (Rochdale), Holroyd, R. Alexander (Liver pool), s sa . After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Hon. James Stuart Wortley, our worthy guest and representative." The Hon. J. S. WORTLEY rose, after the cheering had subsided, and said—ln this town you have been told of the wonders worked by the Government under the direction of the Whigs—(Laughter)—and by one of that Government you have been told of all the benefits conferred by them on the community. I hear, however, but of three ; and these, I believe, a great many honourable and clear-sighted men regard still as of very equivocal character. These three are, the Act for the Registration of Births and Deaths, the Act for the Registration of Marriages, and the Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England. But our opponents say that they had others in store ; and they cast the blame of hindering them from producing them on us. Let us examine the foundation of this charge. Was it the Tories who hindered the settlement of the church-rate question?—(Hear, hear, hear.) From the time Sir Robert Peel came into office until the time he resigned, his Government was occupied with devising some measure to relieve the Dissenters of their grievances, and give at the same time satisfaction to the Church. They were as anxious as any Government possibly could be to give this relief ; hut they were prevented from doing so. Why have the Whigs not settled the question before this? Why have they suffered it to remain like an open sore on the body politic of the country? They were always loud in their cry, and boundless in their promises, on this sub ject when out of office. Again, on the subject of our hin drance. Who hindered Church Reform ? Was it the Tories ? Certainly not. But I shall delay no longer on these topics : I shall come at once to the two great questions of the session—those on which the charge of " hindrance" made against the Tories more especially rested—l mean the Irish Corporation Bill and the Irish Church Bill.— ( Cheers.) I have been to Ireland, and can safely say that there is not one valuable institution which England has that. Ireland is deprived of. It is true that there are not equal laws in some respects, particularly the Preventive Act in force in Ireland, by which persons out after sunset are liable to be punished, but then has not Mr. Sharman Crawford successfully established Mr. O'Connell's partici pation in that measure ? and can Mr. O'Connell cry out for equal laws with that fact before him ? We next come to the great question—lrish tithes. We are charged with liiirlsance on this more particularly of all the measures of the session. I fling back the charge. I charge the Go veroment themselves with being the sole cause of the de lay in its settlement.—(Hear.) It was they, and not we, who hindered its final adjustment. I shall say no more on the particular measures of the Ministry ; but I may be permitted a few words on the general subject of their policy. What is the position in which the Govern ment of this country has placed us ? What the de grad-al state to which they have reduced us? There never was an aphorism more directly and emphatically verified by the present Government than that which says " a weak government is worse than none at all." Within less than six years have they brought the very elements of the Constitu tion into discussion. How is it so ? It is because they have sold themselves to inhuman task-masters—the enemies of our glorious institutions. The Whigs of the present day are not those of the days past. The House of Lords is one of those institutions of the kingdom which Englishmen love to look up to and possess, because the poorest among them knows that even he is not forbade to climb the eleva tion, and may not despair of attaining it. It has been from all time the boast of our glorious Constitution that any man might, by the exercise of the virtues of industry and inte grity, aspire to and reach it ; but it has been reserved for the Whigs—the Whigs who boast so much of liberality and equality—to taunt one of the noblest and most power ful of their political opponents with the humbleness of his birth.—(Cheers.) Yes, Sir R. Ferguson, at a dinner given to Sir J. Campbell, taunted Lord Lyndhurst with being the son of a painter.—(A laugh.) Has he not insulted every one of us in that taunt ?—(Cheers.) Talk of Lord Lyndhurst's expression respecting aliens—which he, the best authority on the subject, denies having used—talk of that, I say, after such a taunt from the liberal Whigs—the friends of equality ! The CHAIRMAN, in a handsome speech, which want of space precludes us from giving, proposed " Lord Wham cliff° and the House of Lords."—(Great cheering.) Lord WHARNCLIFFE then rose, and spoke as follows : You have been pleased to couple my name with the House of Lords. I thank you in their name for it; but I tell you at the same time that the people of this country are now called on to decide whether they will stick to its old institutions, or depart from them, and reform or abolish the House of Lords ?—(Cheers.) lam proud of an opportu nity to meet and repel the accusations made against that body of which lam a member. If they have betrayed their country they deserve, and should have, their country's reprobation. But I will say that they have not ; I will boldly say in the face of the people of England—l will say for the people of England—that they are " not guilty."— (Cheers.) We have endeavoured to do our duty ; we shall continue to do it as long as we have the power. But we must not disguise from ourselves that the House of Lords is placed just now in the most difficult position in which any aesembly similarly constituted was ever placed. Look at the House of Commons and the constitution of the existing Government. We have a Ministry composed of the least, the smallest, political party in the country ; we have them supported by a majority in the House of Commons, but not by the representatives of Great Britain. They exist not on their own strength—they have no strength ; but on -that of a party whose object is to destroy every ancient and valuable institution of the country, and bring us to live under the dominion of an unmitigated slavery.—(Cheers.) The House of Lords is opposed to that consummation of things, and through that opposition they have earned for themselves the hate of the Republican party, and the aver sicsn of the Whigs. The House of Lords is not, like the House of Commons, elected by the popular voice ; they have J . . , power, b e queathed to them by their ances t ors , of legislating without elect io n, and their decisions have been always respected, except in the time of the Republic a n C o mmonwei ilth. If it is not respected longer—if it ceases to have the weight which has hitherto always attended it— I will candidly admit that it cannot resist the peo Thaple. We are not responsible , we are told by our fos. twe ha ve n o constituencies to rend er an account to is truF ;. but is i t to be believed that we , a p art of the people, living among then and with them, can be indifferent to our fellow-coun trywen ; and can it be credited that because we have no cons tituencies we feel no responsibility or interest in the enactment and operation of the laws ? The assertion dis proves itself. The Whigs send every now and then an em bassy to the country to feel its pulse and to ascertain how far it will go with them in their projects. I shall not advert to all the trash uttered at me etin g s convened by their emis saries, but I see that some of them are em p lo y ed in insulting the House of Peers. The Attorney-General—his Majesty's Attorney-General—l suppose in his capacity of public accuser, has been busily employed in that line, and he has brought in his bill of indictment against us in Scotland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also has been making hsis charges against us at a public dinner in Ireland. It is bui justice to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to say that his part of the business was done in a moderate way. His .speech was a party speech all . through, no doubt ; but still it wa.s temperate, compared with others from the same source. The Attorney-General's was different altogether. Be indulged in sneers and rev elled in calu m n y. Na y , more, I tell him that he has more than once endeavoured o' entrap the H ouse of Lords, session after session, by in troducing measures he was su!.e they would reject. More than this still, he introduced bills at the latter e n d of THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1536. the last session of Parliament, which, if we had not our eyes open, and our heads clear, would have foisted on us principles which we had rejected in the early part o f the session, and made us pass measures to which we had shortly before given our dissent.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") I assert, therefore, that these things were done by him for a factious purpose—to bring the House of Lords into disrepute with the people.—(Cheers.) The House of Lords are ready, and to the Attorney-General's bill of in dictment I plead in their name " not guilty." I stand on our deliverance."—(Cheers.) There is no denying the fact that a majority in the House of Lords is opposed to a ma jority in the House of Commons. I ask you to examine the composition of the latter majority. It is not the ma jority of England and Scotland, but a majority turned by a man whose trade is agitation in Ireland, and who advocates in England the vote by ballot, triennial Parliaments, uni versal suffrage, and the destruction of the Protestant esta blishment in his own country.—(Hear, hear.) The de struction of the Protestant church in Ireland must be the setting up of the Catholic. Those who are most ardent for that end do not avow it. They know that it would be unpopular in England, and that it would give of fence to the Dissenters. I have had some experience in political life, and I will say that the House of Lords are powerless unless supported by the people. Unless their decisions be respected, the sooner you try the tyranny of a republic the better.—( Hear.) But the House of Lords is threatened by them. Oh, little do they know what they say when they threaten us—little do they know of us when they thing that we will be intimidated into a change of our principles.—(Cheers.) The Peers know that they pos sess one great right over the fellow-countrymen, that of he reditary legislation ; but remove that right, and I will ven ture to say there is not a Peer in England who would be without the power. Their threats of reform or annihilation " Pass us like the idle wind." We fear them not ; and I will tell them that the House of Lords will not suffer itself to be reformed or annihilated. I tell them, moreover, that if they are bent upon it, they cannot attain their object with out a revolution. I thank God, however, that things have passed since the last Session of Parliament which plainly tell me that there is as yet no danger of that extremity. But, though the country is safe for the present, I entreat you to be watchful, earnest, and active, for your enemy is at hand. The people of this country should consider well whom they elect, and they should bestir themselves in the business. If they do not—if they are determined to have a de mocratic constitution, and mob tyranny, without the inter mediation of the House of Lords, then, in God's name, let them elect those who will effect those ends, and have done altogether with a question so irritating ; but if, on the con trary, as I firmly believe, they are attached to the Constitu tion under which they had gone on and prospered, then they will not doubt or delay following the advice I now give them. As to the Peers themselves, let them look at them as nothing in their consideration of the question. If to-morrow the right of hereditary legislation were abo lished, I have the means, derived from my property and my position in society, and I hope my character—(Cheers) — which I hold in despite of all they may do—l have the means, I say, and appeal to the county of York and you, whether, if I were not a Peer to-morrow, I should be with out the natural influence arising from these circumstances ? —(Cheers.) Such is the feeling which I only share in common with all the other Peers in the kingdom ; and therefore, as I had said before, the threats of men who would reform or annihilate our hereditary rights " pass as the idle wind." I shall now conclude with a toast which I know will be pleasing to you all—" Prosperity to the town of Halifax." Several other toasts were then given, and the company separated, highly gratified, about one o'clock. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The young man who has compromised himself at Strasburg, and given such strong grounds to justify the suspicions entertained by Louis Philippe of the several members of his family, is a Captain of Artil lery, in the service of Switzerland. He seems to have selected the fortress of Strasburg for the commence ment of some more extensive plot from its vicinity to the nursery of rebellion for all Europe, and from the influence which the parent society has acquired there lately. This emanation from La Jeune Suisse leaves no longer any doubt of the objects of the assceiations which have until now been tolerated in that country, and the whole of Europe is called on to take defen sive measures against them. The nephews of Napo leon are gradually disclosing their ultimate designs. Without the talent of the chief of their family they have all his ambition. Two of them are at this mo ment under sentence in the Papal States, and another was suspected of being the grand mover of the insur rection at Lyons the year before last, when 7,000 lives were lost, and the Royal authority deposed for several days. A wounded man, exclaiming in the hospital against the degenerate Buonaparte, who in duced others to fight, but did not show himself in the hour of battle, first gave the suspicion that one of the family was implicated ; but no proof was obtained, and the matter still rests in doubt. The King of the French seems to be well informed of the intentions of this family, and is determined to keep it at arm's length. It is only •by considerations of that nature that the extreme strictness of his policy can be under stood. His refusal to admit even the young Prince of Beauharnais, brother of the Duchess of Braganza and the Princess (Near, of Sweden, though very illiberally done, is a part of the same system. The truth is— and we fear that ere long some more formidable proof of the justice of our assertion will be given—the state of public opinion among the lower classes in the large towns of France is most alarming. A dark, deep rooted, hostility to the present King is daily gaining ground, of which he personally seems to be aware, and of which the haggard looks and sinking frame of of the Princess Adelaide, and the general inquietude of the other members of his family, attest the full consciousness.—Morning Post. The speech of the Queen Regent, is, from the ex isting state of the Spanish nation, a document deeply interesting to the great Powers of Europe, and in an especial degree to ourselves ; for it will be seen on a perusal of the speech, that the Spanish Ministry have not thought proper to follow the- prudent example set Lord Palmerston. That noble person carefully ab stained from all allusion to the share taken by himself in the name of Great Britain in the Spanish struggle. Not so the Government at Madrid. Her Majesty is made to speak to the following effect :—" To the va luable assistance for which we are already indebted to the generosity of his Britannic Majesty, has been since added the support given to the operations of our army of the North, by means of the naval force which took such a part in the glory acquired before St. Sebastian on the sth of May last, and the supply of 100,000 mus kets, so important to us in our present situation." Our " non-intervention " Secretary will be puzzled to explain what " valuable assistance" his Britannic Ma jesty gave to the Queen of Spain, before orders were issued to Lord John Hay and his Marines to second thtoperations of the Legion. Are we to understand that, through the medium of the Queen-Regent, the Spanish Ministers are giving thanks to the British Government for sending out a force under General Evans ?—a force all connection with which Lord Pal merston, on his own behalf and on that of his col leagues (for his Lordship declared the Cabinet to be entirely agreed upon the point), publicly disclaimed in his place in Parliament ? Again, in a subsequent para graph of her Ma;esty's speech, the Queen-Regent, alluding to the National Guard, thus expresses her self :—" If from want of arms it has not yet been able to present such a respectable aspect as properly belongs to it, now that the battalions of the National Guard are supplied with the arms which, as I already said, have been furnished by the British Government, they will he equally to be feared from their complete armament, as from their heroic decision, &c. &c." Poor Lord Palmerston I—his pretty little plot—" a good plot as n ever was laid" by the instrumentality of protoc ols —is bared ter ve to the laughter of all Europe, by the Marplot. of Madrid. N ever was man so unfortunate in non intervention.pro Who tclaimin that witnessed "reform,es sedthe stern trresetnochicimsmen, of t Earl Grey when and non-intervention," as the motto of his Ministerial banner, would have anticipated that the last of these magic words was to be interpreted by the foolish, frivolous, undecided, and dastardly pottering of the Fo quarter in which his petty in reign Secretary in every ci e nuity could frame an excuse to intermeddle ? To limit ourselves to this particular case of Spain, let us ask, for the hundredth time, what we, the people of England, have to do with the disputed succession now distracting the Spanish nation ? The only assignable ground for any interest which we, as a nation, can feel in this question, is a desire, natural to a free people, that a Constitutional Government should ensure to Spaniards the blessings of regulated freedom. But this wish in no degree commits us active interference, in the settlement of the succession to the Crown of Spain. We regret to say, that we see no immediate prospect of a termination to this sanguinary and protracted struggle. At present two courses are open to Don Carlos—the first, to place himself at the head of his army and advance upon Madrid ; the second, to remain in the provinces for another year. The objection to the first is said to he a want of cavalry, and that to the second a want of money. But we are given to under stand that the principal obstacle in the way of an ad vance on Madrid is the disinclination of Erro, the Minister of Don Carlos, to adopt that measure, from the truly Spanish dread of losing his paramount influ ence in the councils of his master. Erro is now a sort of universal Minister—a part which he shows neither disposition to relinquish, nor ability to occupy. This person it is who persists in upholding the Durango decree, though Don Carlos himself has expressed his readiness to recall that most impolitic and inhuman mea sure. A little more energy of character on the part of the Prince, is essential to the well-conducting of his affairs. Should the Prince remain in the province, and, having reorganized the bands in the Asturias and Catalonia, make a combined movement the next year, it is thought that nothing could resist his progress. In the mean time he must employ his army in some way. Hence the attack on Bilboa has been resolved upon, of the success of which there can be but little doubt. Evans and his Legion are not far distant ; but he has as yet made no demonstration of coming to the assistance of the Christinos. Perhaps he shares in the confidence ex pressed bythe Queen Regent in her speech to the Cortes. Her Majesty thus speaks of her army :—‘, Simultane ously with the manifestation of the will of our soldiers have been their victories ; before them are flying bands of enemies, which unfortunately have succeeded in pe netrating into the interior of the kingdom, without dar ing to face our troops, or wait for their approach, caus ing by the rapidity of their fight more fatigue in over taking them than difficulty in overcoming them." To heroes of this stamp the defence of Bilboa may be most safely intrusted without troubling the Legion. Of this force under General Evans it is difficult to speak with any degree of calmness. Distrusted and hated by the Christinos, they are—we scarcely know how to write the word—despised by the Callists. Yes ! it is a fact which we are enabled to state on in- disputable authority, that the Carlist forces entertain no fear of the British Legion, while of the French troops they have the greatest dread. Let our readers, remembering the relative situations in which the sol diers of England and France once stood towards each other on this same soil of Spain, think of the wither ing humiliation brought on the English name by Lord Palmerston and his protege General Evans ! Well, in deed, may our countrymen exclaim, in the language quoted by Sir Robert Peel on a different occasion, "We never blushed before I" Never, till now, were we subject to the intolerable degradation of feeling ourselves the scoff of Europe through the imbecile and sneaking policy of a brainless Mi nister and his useless tool. Of this latter person we have yet something else to say. We ask by what authority he sentenced 63 British subjects belonging °to the Legion to one year's hard labour at the fortifi cations of Bilboa, for no other crime than that of hav ing claimed a right to return home in comformity with the very terms of the contract under which they quitted England ? By that agreement they bound themselves to one year's service ; at the expiration of which period they were either to remain with the Legion, or return home, as they pleased. The wretched men, having endured every privation with unexampled fortitude , and ' feeling desirous of abandoning a service which they saw could have no honourable or advantageous issue, demanded the fulfilment of the contract—i. e. permis sion to return home. And for this heinous offence, the magnanimous General, the liberal Member for West minster, sentenced them to one year's hard labour on the public works I We call on Lord Palmerston to pro tect these our fellow-countrymen, and to rescue them from this atrocious act of Whig-Radical tyranny. It is absolutely infamous that Englishmen should be subject to such reckless cruelty as this, after all they have endured in the " bucaneering expedition" into which they were betrayed under pretences the most false and illusory. We must not omit to mention, that the officers who made the same request with these oppressed soldiers for leave to return at the expiration of the year, were permitted to do so on forfeiting their arrears of pay. The poor men, on the contrary, were sentenced to the cruel and ignominious punishment we have mentioned (exile with hard labour for one year), from which sentence they have no appeal. Nor would they have any if Parliament were now sitting. If questioned on the subject, Lord Palmerston would no doubt, as he had done before, simper and tell the questioner that the " individuals" were in the service of the Queen of Spain, and that consequently he could not interfere. Where, then, are our unhappy countrymen to turn ? The Spanish Government will of course decline to in terfere between the British General and the British Legion. So that these men, in violation of all law, are to undergo a long year of labour and privation in a strange land, for having claimed that fulfilment of their contract which General Evans dared not refuse to their officers. It is wholly out of the question that this matter should be suffered to rest as it is. The Whigs may be assured that the spirit of their govern ment—oppression of the poor—has not yet prevailed so far as to leave our humbler countrymen wholly friendless. If Lord Palmerston cannot control Gene ral Evans, his Lordship, must be responsible for that officer's treatment of the King's subjects, and it will go hard but the nation will find a way to control Lord Palmerston. — 'Times. The result of the Municipal Elections exceeds our most sanguine expectations. We knew that the Tories could not deceive the Reformers, whomsover they might succeed in deceiving. We point to the returns received yesterday, as affording the most conclusive evidence of the sound spirit of the town population of this country. The Tories, we were told, had succeeded in making a conquest of the urban population. For the sake of this object they have been squandering money with profusion on dinners, believing, no doubt, that Reformers could be purchased by a mess of pottage. The Tories know nothing of the middle classes of Englishmen. They judge of them by their poor hungry retainers, and their time-serving dependents. In the days before the boroughmongering constitution of Blackwood was overthrown, the Tories purchased from the venal constituencies the right to plunder the nation by dividing among them a share of the spoil. These days are over, thank God, and the indepen dent householders of the boroughs of England will teach the Tories that they are neither to be bribed nor bullied. In Liverpool circumstances would seem to have filled the Tories with the most sanguine hopes of success ; and they have accordingly made the great est exertions in that city. Of the 17 Members elected, 8 are Tories and 9 Reformers. The Reformers last year obtained 44 and the Tories 4 Members, and the preponderance of Reformers is so great that many Re formers voted for Tories in the belief that a stronger opposition in the Council would be beneficial. In Leeds 13 Reformers and 3 Tories have been returned. This result will open the eyes of Sir John Beckett. In Bristol 11. Reformers and 5 Tories have been re turned. In the Bristol ward, which contains up wards of 900 burgesses, the three retiring councillors were all Tories, and two Reformers have been re turned, the one Tory Councillor being lowest on the poll. This is proof of reaction 1 In Oxford the twelve vacancies hare been supplied by ten Reformers, one Conservative, and one ultra-Tory. In Devizes Reformers were chosen without opposition. In Leicester, where, according to the Tory organs, such wonders have been wrought by the Conservative Association, of the fourteen councillors elected two only are Tories. In Chichester liberal candidates were elected in both wards. These are all the returns which we have yet received ; but they leave no doubt as to the general result. For a week or more, per haps, the Tory gatherings will be paraded in their journals, with a view to effect in a higher quarter. We knew that the Municipal Elections would furnish a conclusive answer to all their boasting. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel are not to be en trapped a second time. The game of the Tories, is in fact, desperate, if the Ministry do not disappoint the ex pectations of the nation. So long as the Reformers are not divided, Ministers are safe. But they can only hope to prevent division by satisfy in g the just expectations of the nation. They must endeavor to put the people in possession of the fruits of the Reform Bill. The people will rally round Ministers so long as they are persuaded they have the welfare of the people at heart. Backed by the people, they may defy all their enemies. Deserted by the people, they fall an easy prey to the Tories. They cannot hope to conciliate the Tories ; and nothing is so much to be deprecated as language representing the differences between the Tories and Reformers as trifling. The people have no confidence in Tory professions, and will not, therefore, be the dupes of the promises of Reform in the Tory organs, thrown out to neutralise opposition. But Ministers must justify the confidence reposed in them by the people by a bold and decided course. The people of England will never desert those who fight their battles in good earnest. The greatest coward, on the other hand, takes courage when he sees his adversary irreso lute. Let bold defiance to the Tories, then, be the rallying cry with all Reformers.—Morning Chronicle. CHANCERY COURT-WEDNESDAY. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY. Sir W. HORNE moved, in this cause, on the part of the relator, for leave to amend the information, by adding to it a translation of a will written in Latin, and admitted by the defendants in their answer. The information was filed to , procure the administration of a charity which, it was alleged, the Fishmongers ' Company were bound to distribute, un der the will of Henry Preston, who died in 1434. The defendants, in their answer, denied that they took the pro perty under the will, or that they were bound to distribute it as a charity ; but they admitted that there was such a will, and placed in the schedule to their answer a copy of it, written in Latin, which they said they had found in their books, and which was all they possessed, as the ori ginal had been lost. The sole object of the relators was to put the Court in possession of a fair translation of the dog-Latin of the document in question. Mr. KNIGHr and Mr. ROMILLY opposed the motion. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the motion must be dismissed with costs. There being no other motion, his Lordship rose at three o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. PHELPS V. SPROULE. His HONOUR, on resuming his sittings, delivered judg ment on the only point which remained undisposed of in as cause. The purchase money of an estate had been paid out of the personal assets of the purchaser, to the exclusion of various other claimants on those assets ; the question was, whether those persons could resort to the equitable lien of the vendor on the estate, or, in other words, whether the vendor's lien was affected by the general rule as to marshal- ling assets. His HoNoux said, in the present case the estate had de scended to the heir-at-law of the purchaser, and the weight of principle and authority was abundantly in favour of holding that the assets ought to be marshalled. The adverse cases were not reconcileable with the general classes of cases on this subject, and had been, in fact, positively overruled. His Honour decreed accordingly. KING'S BENCH-WEDNESDAY. SHIPTON V. TIIORNTON. This was an action brought to recover a sum of money, 582/., being the amount of the difference between the freight of certain goods brought to England from Batavia, in the Sesostris and the Mountaineer, instead of being brought in the James Scott. At the trial of the cause be fore Mr. Justice Coleridge, at the sittings after last Term in London, it appeared that the goods had been originally shipped on board the James Scott at Singapore ; but that vessel had encountered some very heavy weather in the pas sage to Batavia, and the master had shipped the goods into the Mountaineer and the Sesostris. The goods were brought to England in these vessels. The Learned Judge left it to the Jury to say whether the transhipment bad been a matter of necessity or not. The jury found that it had been a matter of necessity, and therefore returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full sum claimed. Mr. CRESVVELL now moved for a rule to show cause why this verdict should not be set aside. 'rho COURT granted a rule to show cause. COMMON PLEAS.-WEDNESDAY DAY V. BOUNING. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A gentleman entered the office with a pretty little lady spaniel under his arm, which had just been claimed by a dog fancier named Jones. The gentleman stated that he purchased the animal about a twelvemonth back, from a dog dealer in Westmin ster, and as he had reared her from puppyhood to dog's estate, he was certain the present claimant, had made a mistake. _ _ In this case application was made for a rule to show cause why an award which had been made out should not subside. It appeared that a writ had issued, claiming W. ss. for debt, and that before declaration a proposal had been made to refer the cause, and all matters of difference be twcon the parties, to arbitration. A Judge's order was obtained, and the arbitrator had made his award ; which directed the defendant well and truly to pay to the plaintiff the sum of 11/. ss. in full of all demands connected with the cause, and adjudged that all further proceedings should thenceforth cease. The form of the award was objected to. —Rule refused. EXCHEQUER COURT, WEDNESDAY MORGAN V. LEAWARDS. Jones—Vy, your Vership, I bred her myself, and in sitch a case I should think I ought to know summut about the hanimal. The hinstant moment I seed her I knowd her by her marks. She's got werry long black ears and a werry handsome tail, vich anybody can see. Magistrate—Have you any private marks by which you can recognise the dog ? Jones—She's got a slit on the in nerd part of von of her ears, vich I pinted out to the gem man ven I hindemnified her. This, it will be recollected, was an infringement of patent, tried at the sittings after last term in the Guildhall, before Mr. Baron ALDERSON, when some of the issues were found in favour of the defendant. The defence set up was, that plaintiff's invention was neither novel nor useful, and ob jections were taken to the specification as not disclosing with sufficient certainty the mode by which the operations were to be performed. The Jury found for the defendant on the issues as to the defectiveness of the specification and the non-utility of the steam-engine ; and for the plaintiff as to the novelty and utility of the method of propelling ves sels by the improved paddle-wheels. Other formal issues wore also found. Sir F. POLLOCK, pursuant to leave given at the trial, ap plied to the Court this day for a rule, calling on the de fendant to show cause why a verdict should not be entered for the plaintiff upon these issues, and also why judgment should not be entered for the plaintiff upon the third issue, non obstanto vercdicto.—Rule granted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on behalf of the defendant, then applied for a rule on the issues relating to the objec tions as to the insufficiency of the specification, the verdict returned for the plaintiff upon them being contrary to the evidence.—Rule granted. INSOLVENT COURT-WEDNESDAY Gentleman—l cut her ear myself to cure her of fits, and that I am ready to swear. Jones—And I'll swear that ere banimal vos in my cus tody six months ago. Gentleman—l lost her about that time, and was obliged to offer a reward of a sovereign before I could get her again. Jones—You'd swear the werry clothes off a man's back— but my character is too yell known to vont any inwestigation. Officer—You know it is not an uncommon thing for dog dealers to get some person to sell a dog, and then afterwards come forward and claim the dog as having been stolen. Jones—l have heard of sitch a thing, but my mind is too honourable for that ere. Officer—But you've been tried for something of the sort. Jones—Only vonce, and that vos a werry long while ago. The new claimant not having convinced theßench that he was rightfully entitled to the possession of the dog, the gen tleman was allowed to retain the animal. Dr. Michael Ryan, the physician, proprietor and editor of the " London Medical and Surgical Journal," late of Great Queen-street, Westminster, applied to be discharged. He was opposed by Mr. WOODROFFE on the part of Mr. G. Henderson, bookseller and publisher, Old Bailey ; and supported by Mr. COOKE. The Doctor underwent a lengthened examination. He had formerly practised in Dublin with considerable success. He left Ireland in 1828, and came to England on the re commendation of a physician, who stated that a professional man would succeed, provided he had property " to keep his head above water." At that time he had landed property of 1501. a-year. He now ascribed his insolvency to being involved with Mr. Henderson in publishing the " London Medical and Surgical Journal." The case was adjourned sine die. It excited much in terest, the Court being crowded with members of the pro fession. The case lasted from the sitting of the Court till six o'clock in the evening. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Hannah Mitchell, a well-attired pretty look ing female, about twenty-six years of age, was brought before Mr. ROGERS, in the custody of a police constable of the G division, charged by William Golding, the driver of the cabriolet No. 547, with being drunk, and refusing to pay him 165., his fare. The complainant being sworn, stated that on Tuesday night, about seven o'clock, the prisoner called him off the stand near Crown-street, Westminster, and, getting into his cab, ordered him to drive her to a surgeon's shop in Oxford-street. She afterwards directed him to drive her to Tottenham-court•road and other places, and conversed with him on the road, had drops of something to drink, and conducted herself in a very eccentric manner during a pe riod of upwards of twelve hours, when she ordered him to drive her to the County Court of Requests, in Castle street, Leicester-square ; but witness considering it time to request payment he did so, but she refused him, and he drove her to Rosamond-street station-house, and gave her into custody. Mr. ROGERS asked her why she refused to pay the man? Prisoner (with hauteur)—lndeed I do not refuse to pay him. I hired his vehicle, and am agreeable to pay him ; but I have not got the money at present. I ordered him to take me to the County Court, where I was to receive 11. 125., and I have got the bill in my possession, which I can show you. Mr. Roexas—Unless you soon pay the money you are committed to the House of Correction for fourteen days. Prisoner (smiling)—Then I must go ; but I suppose I may send for the money. Mr. ROGERS inquired who she was, and where she lived ? Prisoner (with an air of affected dignity)—l am in the mu sical world. I reside in Crown-street, Westminster. She was then locked up and requested pee, ink and paper. Waddington, the gaoler, here stated that he had no _.~---' - ------------ ace doubt but the prisoner was deranged in her intellects. She and to the full satisfaction of the inhabitants. The P rably was eventually taken to the House of Correction. has been remodelled, and placed on a system incom EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.—A young man, who more efficient than the old ; and many expenses represented himself as a surgeon, applied to the magistrates upon the first year which will not occur in future Ts a for a warrant under the following ludicrous and extraordi- yet there has been a saving of from 1,5001, to 2,0 care, nary circumstance::— year in the municipal expenditure. The diligence , The other evening applicant was invited to pass the night openness, and true public spirit which have been displayed.. with some friends, when they d ran k ra th er f ree ly of wine, by the town council have proved the excellence of th!re and commenced joking, and aft er a s h or t ti me h e was seized presentative principle. Many abuses have been rectified hold of and forced on the floor, w h en h e was h e ld down, and it is impossible that they should ever again occur under and whilst in that situation one of the party held a pistol the system of responsibility to the burgesses. havPeafallen; at him and threatened him, whilst they poured wine down So convinced were the Tories of their weakness and 11% his throat until they made him quit e i n t ox i ca t e d, and, whilst popularity, that they only brought forward candidates,. tr. unable to assist himself, they shaved every morsel of the three wards out of twelve. For t he following wards Re° hair from his head, and sent him home, and on the follow- mers have been returned without opposition : ing he was surprised and indignant at the ungentlemanly WARDS. COUNCILLORS ELECTED. manner in which he had been treated. Here the applicant East, Mr. Eli Whiteley. took a black silk handkerchief from his head, and exhibited Kirkgate, Mr. T. B. Pease. his " bald pate" to the Magistrates, who concurred that a North, Mr. William Brown. most shameful advantage had been taken of him, and ques- North-East, Mr. Robert Baker. tioned him as to any provecation that he might have given. North-West, Mr. Matthew Gaunt. South, Mr. Jonathan Dickinson. The applicant assured the Bench that he gave no provoca- Bramley, Mr. W. Musgrave and Mr. W. Clarke. tion that he was conscious of, and that the assault had been Holbeck, Mr. C. G. Maclea and Mr. E. Tatham. made though fun or pure wantonness. Hunslet, Mr. William Heaton. The Magistrates immediately granted the warrant, on No Tory candidates. which applicant returned his thanks and qu itt e d the office, In the Headingly ward the Reformers made no opposi tying the black handkerchief about his head to answer the tion to the return of Mr. George Hayward. )utpose of a wig, until the case is investigated. eTheWest onl ward,y contestfor each took o e k f place whi e hin two the councillors Mill-hill t d e the b ee w r elected. In both the polling has been very c lose, and in (rs. the Reformers have triumphed—in the othe r the Torie The following is the state of the poll at its close . MILL-HILL WARD. Councillors Elected. Unsuccessful Candidates. Mr. Henry Jennins (T.) 277 Mr. James Hubbard (R.) 2 1 3 4 Mr. E. Charlesworth(T.) 275 Mr. S. J. Birchall (IL) 25 WEST WARD. Mr. mr. PTehetes. rFGuaierbrge Fairbairn ( ( R. R. ) ) 224561 Dr. Mr. HRuicnhte.rßramley ((TT:)) 22445 On the whole, the result of the election is most satisfac tory. The Reformers have fully maintained the decided pre-eminence they before enjoyed. The success of t Cor poration Reform is proclaimed in Leeds in a manne r not be mistaken. LEICESTER, Nov. 1. The Municipal election in this borough has made ne al teration in the strength of the respective parties in th, council. Two Tories went out of office this year ; and 01 the fourteen councillors elected this day, two only 1 08 Tories. The council, therefore, consists, as before, offift9 - two Liberals, and four Tories. So much for the Standards prediction of January last, that democratic local govern ment would so disgust the public that a reaction would take place, and the cause of Toryism would be benefited b y th e municipal Reform Act ! The state of the poll, as aster' tained by the aldermen and assessors of the various wards, as follows, the successful candidates being Liberals in every instance, with the exception of St. Martin's : ST. MARTIN'S WARD. Mr. .1. Wright, hosier... 153 i •Mr. Strutton, currier... 140 Mr. Stallard, surgeon ... 148 I Mr. Thompson, printer 133 NORTH ST. MARGARET'S. * Mr. Rowlett, hosier 96 Mr. J. Taylor, cotton *Mr. Houlden, cabinet- 64 spinner .................. maker MIDDLE ST. MARGARET'S 4 *John Nicholls, Gent.... 77 I Mr. Nedham, surgeon..• 4 *Mr. Winks, printer ... 76 I Mr. Bosworth, draper ..• LAST ST. MARGARET'S Mr. Samuel How, jun., *Mr. Miles, hosier rtOanc,h-nlaosikerer 96 Mr. Allen, spirit-merchant 98 EAST ST. MARY'S. * Mr. J. Sargeant, hosier 131 Mr. J. Moore,woolstaple r Mr. R. J. Smith, hosier 130 Mr. B. Payne, auctioneer uv WEST ST. MARY'S. *Mr. J. Kirby, hosier 159 Mr. R. Mitchell, hosier 9 996 *Mr. W. Drayton, hosier 156 Mr. J. Moore, hosier .•• ALL SAINT'S, ST. NICHOLAS, &C. 2 7 1 I *Mr. Joseph Fielding, *Mr. J. Moore, surgeon . worsted-spinner No candidates in the Tory interest. Voted for Liberal candidates 987 Voted for the Tories 470 Majority of the rate-payers in the borough Z- for Liberal local government j 517 The candidates marked thus (*) were membtrs) Council during the past year. Thomas Paget, ;cl.;' Humberstone, the present Mayor, in compliance wit°' requisition signed by fifty Councillors (two of whom vri Tories, and of the five who did not sign three were out ° town), has consented to remain in office for another yes; . . ; and after his election, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, a Pu b , a b e dinner will be given to him, as a mark of the respect Whl c a has long been entertained towards him by his friends a ll ie brother Reformers, and of the admiration and gratitnua which have been excited in the breasts of all classes er B°.o parties by the able, impartial, and energetic man e 1 which he has discharged his duties as the head of the Con' cil and a borough magistrate. OXFORD, Nor. 1. The result of the Municipal Elections of this day h a : been most favourable to the Liberal party. There O mi t s' twelve vacancies in the Town Council, which have he supplied by ten Reformers, one Conservative, and %%- Ultra-Tory. It is supposed that the latter w ill not 0 '; enabled to take his seat, as it is very doubtful if the Pe r % in whose place he was elected is disqu a lifi e d. There Is r il r doubt that one, if not both, the present Tory Members la this city may be easily ousted at the next general electi oe; indeed, M r . H ug h es ' s f r i en d s are n o w beginning see t° s their error i n s upp or ti n g him so long as they have d° n- to : , and the learned ex-Alderman Hewitt may go back GA Rochester, o r any other place which may be in want of's ° r , a candidate. Our present Mayor, Mr. Butler, llo s formed the duties of his office most creditably, and TO' - the satisfaction of the inhabitants. The Tories are endeavouring, through their ager.t If council, to return one of their nominees for the offic e a j- Mayor on the 9th inst. ; but from the lessons they have 3 ready received, added to the result of this day's eleetio%_ls is generally believed that they will forego their inten t of on this occasion, and thus prove that the best part of V is discretion. CIIICHESTER.—On Tuesday the Liberal candidates v . : 0 " elected in both wards. Knowing the popular feeling les against them, the Tories did not venture out of the 13°„,.. and corners which, from long habit, are become their " tural sphere. o . to The Tories of Stamford have been endeavour in c frighten the municipal electots into voting for r ed cal iir dates, by threatening the publication of a poll list l iar diately after the election. It is well known that the„. n ity quis of Exeter's family and the Tory families in the vi c— o d always refer to the poll-books before they go shopPing,„'d en that they never deal with any one whose vote is reco rn. the Liberal side.—Lincoln Herald. THE BEST NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT 13111- TAIN.—" James's Naval History," observes the 1 1 et r litan," will be a great national benefit, and for this t quire no better assurance than the fact that the gN a i li t) and literary Captain, Chami er , (th e popular naval o°Te i - s' has taken upon him se lf t o e dit thi s mos t a ccurate m b ar'! ter t ining work—the labour of the indefatigable avice whole life—and whi c h i s a l wa ys referred to by the !.„er eats' as the only authentic record of our naval a chies'. the Having passed some of the best years of our life " navy, we have always felt towards that noble service se'so thing partaking of filial affection, and our interest ',Peak naval matters is consequently great. Mr. Jam es's promises one clay to be the text book of our naval his t t ° 1•1 11V ;e0 DETERMINED SUICIDE. --Yesterday, be',.reet, nine and ten o'clock, Mr. Hevington, of Geerg e-s- f ast . Great Surrey-street, Southwark, was found by his se; a dl in his bed-room, with hie throat frightfully lacerate,' a the weapon which had inflicted the wounds was elen" e , e es his right hand. Life was quite extinct, and had P oo , for some hours. The cause of the unfortunate T h e Foeii miffing such a rash act is at present unknown. jnie j now awaits the Coroner's Inquest r..... ADVERTISEMENT. ) T;0 0 " POWERFUL ,r Air) , cases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playi'4 Fl r i : ee d f°.! with the music finished in a very superior manner, axe ° i t h S'fr Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same descrivtion, ;;Torkiui Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. Cox SA VOR'S' L oon• N. B. The small musical boxes, 3i inches le,ng, continue .7 4 os. in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in composition shell e ses, 5v each. _----.'_---- 47, (Jornhill, on• BIRTHS. 'n ay 0 , On the 25th of August last, at St. Jago de Cuba, th e '— Hardy, jun., Esq., his Majesty's Consul, of a daughter. sojitto On the 31st ult., in Belgram-square, the lady of J. 11.- Esq., M.P., of a sou. itt MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at Barton, James Kay Lincolnshire, to Amelia, daughter of the late Rev. R ichar of Windsor Castle, &c. r aft, On the Ist inst., at Hornsey Church, 'William Ben„,,,„.c_us, of Hampstead, to Melissa, fourth daughter of J. S. v" of Highgate. -the/ Esq., of Sa .111 port ------- —On the 31st ult., at Southam D lED, pton, ice-AdmiralV ~11'4 Scott, aged 71. On the Ist inst., Mr. Wm. Lindsell, of Wimpolc-street, ff 0i CooPe' r ' On the 27th ult., at Chelsea, aged 86, Mr. James bri d g e' years in the Bank of England. a, On the 31 . st ult., Caroline wife of H. Porter, Esq., 0 - . gr terrace, Edgeware-road. ' a $9, On the 31st ult., at South-bank, Regent's-poi(' a z" - ~,, W. E. Sweatman late of Douglas,Me'iif Ilan. 1. 1 efreSta. On the Ist inst., aged 69, Mr. T.'Luckin, Bartio'°john 1. On the 31st ult., at St. Leonz,rd's, near Ingatestone, 11IattbeW P— ipps Judd, Esq., of Rickling, ,ssex, aged 63. 14° • London . • . Printed and Published by AIIIRDO YOL 4 ` the 40 11 11.2, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stroll; i s of Middlesex.—Thuroda4 November 3,1153 C MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Thos. Downs, cheesemonger, of No. 7, Lower Porchester-street, Edgware-road, appeared on a warrant before Mr. RAWLINSON, charged with having assaulted John Burgess, a wood-cutter, of Queen-street, Paddington. On Monday last, Thos. Downs was wending his way home with a fine live goose under his arm, when Burgess thought proper to call out after him' Who stole the goose? Here's a man coming after it." Whereupon the goose bearer, whose conscience was remarkably tender, became so alarmed that he dropped his burthen, although he had ho nestly purchased it for 4s. ; and goosey, availing herself of the glorious opportunity, waddled off as fast as her legs could carry her, and, plunging into the Regent's Canal, effected her escape, at which Burgess laugheeheartily, tel ling Downs that he was a goose himself to let the bird go upon such a false alarm. The latter became, at length, so irritated at this new insult, coupled with the loss of his dinner, that he ran up to his tormentor, and struck him a blow under the ear, which staggered him, and fully con vinced him that he (Downs) was not joking. This was the assault complained of. Mr. RAWLINSON dismissed the case, telling the parties they had better be friends. The suggestion was complied with, and they shook hands in the office amidst much laughter, in which the bench heartily joined. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday, fur ther to consider the report of the Revenue Committee re specting Committee allowances ; when the Court, after a long discussion, and three divisions, came to the following resolutions : The City Lands Com mittee Allowance-- £5OO Bridge House Corn Meters in Trust £ 50 London Bridge 3OO Blackfriars Bridge Nightly Watch 5O Library 5O City of London School lOO Market Committee Gresham Commissioners of Sewers 300 Navigation and Port Coal and Corn 2OO General Purpose 2OO, The Court also resolved that no further or additional a lowance should be made to any Committee for a summer excursion. The LORD MAYOR, previous to quitting the Chair, ex. pressed his acknowledgments to the Court for the great at. tention he had experienced from them during his Mayoralty, MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 1. This town for some days past has given evidence of the struggle between the Reformers and the Tories for the election of town-councillors, which terminated this afternoon at four o'clock. Placards of exhortation and recrimination, together with the addresses of the various candidates on either side, have graced every dead-wall and vacant apace throughout the borough. The working of the new corporation during the brief pe riod it has been in existence has given general satisfaction to the people of Liverpool. One of the first acts of that body was to afford the town the benefit of a strong and well-organised police, and the result has been a vast di minution of crime, as compared with former periods. The consequence of refusing one or two licences to disorderly public-houses has been that the great body of the licensed victuallers of the town, amounting to nearly eleven hun dred, have taken offence at what has been termed the are bitrary conduct of the new police, and this dissatisfaction has been fanned by the Tories and their organs, for the purpose of alienating the attachment of the publicans fronl the new town conncil. They have succeeded, we regret to say, to some extent ; but the introduction of the Irish system of education into the schools of the corporation has been seized upon by the Tories as afford ing the best handle by which they could play upon the prejudices of the weak, and advance their own return to power in the borough. Another weapon which they have handled successfully has been the expenditure of the new corporation. It has been clearly shown in the council that during the ten months since it has been in power, besides providing an efficient police, an able legal stipendiary ma gistrate, and introducing various improvements, the new corporation has effected an actual saving of ten thousand pounds. The various misrepresentations above noticed have not been without their effect upon the elections to-day. But the general result has been satisfactory to the Reformers. The town is divided into sixteen wards, one of which, in consequence of the death of a former representative, elected two members. Of the seventeen members so elected to day, nine are Reformers, and eight are Tories. Last year the Reformers (each ward then returned three members) got forty-four, and the Tories only four mem bers. The majority of Reformers in the new council has been so overwhelming, that many persons—good Re formers—thought its composition would be rather improved than otherwise by a stronger opposition, and they have voted accordingly. TORIES. James Heyworth Richard Houghton William Shand Job Barton John Ripley Charles Lawrence J. N. Wood John Smith REFORMERS. James Mellor Thomas Bolton Richard Bright Thomas Brocklebank V. Higgins James Mason Joseph Mason Joseph Platt George Ramsden BECCLES, SUFFOLK, Nov. 2. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) There has been a very severe contest in this Borough for Municipal Councillors to supply the places of those gone out of office, which has terminated in the re-election of the same four (two of whom are Dissenters) in defiance of every effort of Church goers and Tories to squeeze out a Dissenter, and make way for a third man of their own, a thorough going out-and-out Tory. The following is the result of the poll : Gilbert, a Churchman and Tory 287 Leavold, a Dissenter and Reformer Norton, a Churchman and Wormer 284 Barker, a Dissenter and Reformer ..... 240 Newnan, a Churchman and Tory (the rejected) 238 The Council as at present constituted is composed of four Tories, Churchmen ; five Reformers, Churchmen ; and seven Reformers, Dissenters. LEEDS, Nov. 1. The municipal election for this great borough has this day ended, in the return of 13 Reformers and three Tories. In Leeds the new corporation has worked admirably,